Hi all from Emily
Here's the latest on 'ottercam' from Mary...
Last night the camera trap caught a large eel swimming around our otter perch. It may not be the footage we were hoping for, but knowing that eels are living here is good news. Otters need to eat the equivalent 
of 20 per cent of their own weight every day to survive so having a healthy population of eels at Saltholme should mean 'our otter' sticks around.
The more I find out about otters the more interested I become. Today I learnt that otters can tell each others sex, age and mating potential just by smelling each others spraint (droppings). How clever is that! And apparently - although I haven't tried this out - fresh otter spraint smells fragrant, just like jasmine tea.
If you fancy seeing the camera footage of the eel, it's available at www.bbc.co.uk/tees Fingers crossed that there will be shots of the elusive Saltholme otter up there soon too - who knows what tomorrow will bring....